Who Wants What In Libya?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2015
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians on a Libyan beach has exposed the lawlessness of the country ruled by Colonel Gaddafi until 2011. The internationally-recognised government is trying, without much success, to run the country from the eastern city of Tobruk. In Tripoli, another body claims to be the legitimate government. But is the real power struggle between the militias associated with each group – and where does the so-called Islamic State fit in? With neighbours near and far getting involved to push their own agendas, we investigates the forces operating in Libya and what they want.
(Image: A Libyan man waves his national flag. Credit: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images)
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| 0:47.0 | This is Joe Fijon with The Inquiry. |
| 0:50.0 | This week, who wants what in Libya. I said this is a process. This is going to take time. |
| 1:00.0 | We are not expecting to have a breakthrough tomorrow or day after tomorrow. |
| 1:07.0 | Pity this man, Bernardino Leon, a Spanish diplomat charged with what must be one of the most |
| 1:13.0 | exasperating jobs in the world trying to make peace in Libya. A country so badly |
| 1:19.1 | damaged that it has two rival governments, countless militias, and now Islamic State. |
| 1:26.0 | In one of the deadliest attacks in Libya since the toppling of the former leader, |
| 1:30.3 | Muamagadafi, at least 40 people have been killed in a wave of car bomb |
| 1:34.2 | attacks. Militants loyal to Islamic State have said they were... The Arab Spring of |
| 1:39.2 | 2011 and NATO airstrikes had deposed Libya's dictator Colonel Gaddafi |
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